Jack Knife Fire
The Jack Knife Fire burned 20,115 acres in Sherman County, Oregon, in 2008. It was discovered on July 1, 2008, and contained on July 8, 2008. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 20,115 acres
- Discovered
- July 1, 2008
- Contained
- July 8, 2008
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 18,566 acres. Point of origin as reported, 45.309, -120.596.
The record
- Reported final size
- 20,115 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 18,566 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 20,114 acres
- Discovered
- July 1, 2008, 9:02 a.m. local time
- Contained
- July 8, 2008, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Oregon
- County
- Sherman County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Prineville District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- ORPRD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OR4527012060220080701
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-575922
The three sizes are three measurements: the size the agency reported when the fire was out, the burned area MTBS drew from satellite imagery before and after, and the GIS area inside the final perimeter, unburned islands included. They rarely agree exactly.
Other large fires in Oregon in 200812
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coal Plant Fire | 78,000 | Jun 29, 2008 | Natural |
| Jackies Butte Fire | 25,491 | Jun 30, 2008 | Natural |
| Middle Fork Fire | 21,125 | Aug 18, 2008 | Natural |
| Rattle Fire | 19,775 | Aug 18, 2008 | Natural |
| I284 Fire | 9,787 | Jul 3, 2008 | Natural |
| North Pole Ridge Fire | 6,299 | Aug 7, 2008 | Natural |
| Sayrs 2 Fire | 5,175 | Aug 7, 2008 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 5,165 | Jul 7, 2008 | |
| Bridge Creek Fire | 4,891 | Aug 7, 2008 | Natural |
| Deep Creek Fire | 4,617 | Jul 3, 2008 | Natural |
| Big Cove Fire | 4,268 | Sep 19, 2008 | Natural |
| Silvies River Fire | 4,040 | Aug 7, 2008 | Natural |
Nearby
Sources
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. Burned areas and ignition dates from Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS), a program of the US Geological Survey and the USDA Forest Service. Fire reports from Short, Karen C. 2022, Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014], 6th Edition, Forest Service Research Data Archive, doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6. Records before 2014 were joined by this site: a fire report to the burned area its MTBS identifier names, a perimeter to the burned area it lies in when the names or the sizes agree.